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25   Ryan Meara
Ryan Meara

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Crestwood, N.Y.

High School:
Fordham Prep

Height / Weight:
6-4 / 185

Position:
GK

Birthdate:
11/15/1990

Club Team:
Yonkers United


05/03/2012

Fordham Athletics Host 78th Block F Dinner

Ryan Meara, Jen Mineau and Jim McElderry Win Top Awards at 2012 Awards Dinner

05/03/2012

Fordham Athletics Host 78th Block F Dinner

Ryan Meara, Jen Mineau and Jim McElderry Win Top Awards at 2012 Awards Dinner

04/18/2012

Jim McElderry Announces Soccer Camp Dates at Fordham University for 2012

Learn from the Head Coach of the 2011 Atlantic 10 Regular Season Co-Champions

03/23/2012

Fordham Men's Soccer Lands Arizona Prospect Terry Hudson

Rams Add to Depth along Back Line

03/13/2012

Former Soccer Player Ryan Meara Made His Professional Debut on Sunday with the Red Bulls

Meara Made Four Saves in the Game

The iron force between the pipes for the Rams during the past three seasons... Named team captain and honored as a 2010 Preseason All-Conference Selection...Voted the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League's Goalkeeper of the Year as part of the Ironbound Express during Summer 2010...Broke Fordham's freshman records in shutouts (8) and goals against average (0.97)... A top goalie in the Atlantic 10... Great quickness for his height.

2011: Named to the Hermann Trophy Watch List...Earned All A-10 First Team accolades and took home the Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year Award...Set the school record career in shutouts with 31...Posted a career-low goals against average of 0.65...Started all 18 games in which he appeared...Posted 10 clean sheets for the season...Made six saves in a double-overtime draw with Marist (9/21)...Stopped eight shots in a 2-1 win over Rhode Island. Also had an assist in the game (10/16)...Earned another assist against La Salle on Senior Day (10/28)...Made a career-high 12 saves at Temple (11/6).

2010: Played all but eight minutes (1659:10) in goal for the Rams in 2010...Posted career-best numbers with a 10-8-0 record, a 0.81 goals against average, and an .808 save percentage...Also added 6.5 shutouts and 63 saves...Put up a 5-4-0 mark in league play, posting a 0.78 goals against average, 3.5 shutouts, and a .825 save percentage...Named 2010 Team MVP at the Block F Dinner...Named First Team All Mid-Atlantic Region by the NSCAA...Named Pre-Season All Atlantic 10 First Team and Named All Atlantic 10 First Team at the conclusion of the 2010 campaign...Made a season-high seven saves in a shutout over Lehigh (9/4)...Equaled that feat in a 1-0 win over Dayton (11/5)...Also parried six shots in a shutout with Duquesne (10/15).

2009: Named to the NSCAA Mid-Atlantic All-Region First Team and First Team All-Atlantic 10... Started all 19 games played... Played all but nine minutes in the net as a sophomore... Posted a 9-7-3 record... Had a 1.02 goals against average... Tallied 7.5 shutouts... Registered a 6-1-2 mark in conference play with a 0.85 goals against average, 4.5 shutouts and a better than 0.80 save percentage... Assisted the lone goal scored against Villanova (9/13)... Had 65 saves in goal.

2008: Earned a spot on the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team and NSCAA Mid-Atlantic All-Region Team... Named Atlantic 10 Co-Rookie of the Week for the week ending Sept. 21 after posting two straight shutouts on eight total saves... Earned a spot on the Soccer America's Team of the Week for the Week of Oct. 15 after shutting out the No. 9 Saint Louis while snagging three saves in a 2-1 loss to No. 21 Charlotte... Grabbed the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week honor for the week ending November 9th for his shutouts against Temple and Saint Joseph's... Started all 19 games for the Rams' in net during rookie campaign... Tallied 67 saves on the year... Set the Fordham freshman records for shutouts (8) and goals against average (0.97)... Grabbed a season-high seven saves against La Salle... Held a 0.97 goals against average.

Before Fordham: Started in goal for Fordham Prep in his final three seasons... Two-year team captain... Helped lead his team to a City championship and State Final in 2007... Selected to the All-Archdiocese First Team twice and named MVP twice for Fordham Prep... Played club soccer for Yonkers United and won the State Cup in 2007 and was runner-up in 2008... Won the Dublin Cup in 2006... Has trained with Reading FC of England with their youth academies in July 2007 and Feb 2008... Member of the honor roll...Majoring in Business Administration.

CAREER TOTALS
Games Played: 74
Games Started: 74
Goals Against Average: 0.87
Goals Against: 66
Saves: 270
Shutouts: 31